04-30-2024, 11:32 AM
Lodolo, when healthy, is our best pitcher and it isn't close. His ability to make hitters look silly with the backfoot curve is becoming legendary amongst MLB fans in general, not just Reds fans. Lodolo has become one of Rod Friedman's (a twitter user who likes highlighting and doing overlays of nasty pitches) views each week.
Look at this one in particular.
Insane. They look exactly the same until you're already swinging the bat.
I am minorly concerned about how far his flyball outs go when hitters are able to make contact, with flyouts of 348, 368, and 398 last night (in addition to the 370 ft HR in the first), but that just may be his cross to bear. In a smaller park, he may have given up 1 or 2 more HRs.
In his previous start, similar story with fly outs of 357, 339, 330, 332 and 342 ft.
This may be fairly normal and I'm just overthinking it, but opposing hitters do have a tendency to give his balls a ride before arriving in a glove haha.
Look at this one in particular.
Nick Lodolo, 93mph Fastball and 82mph Breaking Ball, Overlay pic.twitter.com/c4ZI71ARhU
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 30, 2024
Insane. They look exactly the same until you're already swinging the bat.
I am minorly concerned about how far his flyball outs go when hitters are able to make contact, with flyouts of 348, 368, and 398 last night (in addition to the 370 ft HR in the first), but that just may be his cross to bear. In a smaller park, he may have given up 1 or 2 more HRs.
In his previous start, similar story with fly outs of 357, 339, 330, 332 and 342 ft.
This may be fairly normal and I'm just overthinking it, but opposing hitters do have a tendency to give his balls a ride before arriving in a glove haha.
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